[ SECRET POST #2543 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2543 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Fangirl]


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02.
[Anne Neville, The White Queen]

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03.
[Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan]


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04.
[Merlin]


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05.
[Elementary]


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06.
[Whitechapel]


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07.
[Grey's Anatomy]

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08.
(Legend of Korra)


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09.
[Papa Pear Saga + Doctor Who]


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10.
[Godfrey Gao as Magnus Bane in "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"]


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11.
[Kwon Yuri, Tiffany Hwang and Jessica Jung of Girls' Generation]


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12.
[Les Miserables/Anton Zetterholm/Rob Houchen]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01pages, 015 secrets from Secret Submission Post #363.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Friendship or queerbaiting?

[intrigueing]

I would it's mostly a sense that the producers KNOW that people ship these characters and are deliberately throwing gayness into the friendship while BOTH a) not planning on making the characters have a gay relationship AND b) trying to make the fans squee over it.

For example, I wouldn't say Turk and JD's friendship on Scrubs is queerbaiting, even though the writers did all the blatantly gay moments deliberately but never intended to make them gay, because it was solely for the purpose of lulz, not to make viewers ship them and be seriously invested in their gayness.

But some other shows (mostly recent ones, since the phenomenon of slash shipping became more widely known on the production side of things), the gay-ish moments between male friends is played in a way deliberately designed to titillate the viewers, to make the viewers wonder if they really are gay, and/or as a prelude for the characters to then turn around and go LOL JK NO HOMO.